A robust, fast, directly attached storage array is recommended. Capacity depends on the production requirements. A typical broadcast production based on 260 minutes of deliverable footage can be expected to require at least 12 Terabytes of storage. Storage can be broken down into “live” and “archive” storage. This can save on costs, where a fast (e.g. SAS attached) storage array can be used for shooting, and a slower NAS array can be provided for archived footage. For example, in a broadcast environment, delivered episodes can be migrated to a slower storage system. The data is accessible in exactly the same way. The only difference is that the presentation of the data is slower, but it is likely to be accessed less frequently.

Conversion from raw to 16-bit RGB and to HD movies can be processor intensive. We recommend at least two Intel cores per animator, typically on a Windows PC platform. The processing does not need any specific graphics hardware.